Riptide Podcast - Luke’s Lounge

There was a couple of interruptions and intermissions in this episode, we've decideed to leave it raw because it's just classic woodsy. With colloquialism being his first language of choice, Dane Woods knows how to call a spade a spade when the big moments come a knocking. He gives a moment of his time up for a conversation with Luke about scoring $20 headphones from office works, how booging with...

Boog lord Jared Houston perches up on the digital airwaves of Luke’s lounge to chew the good word and talk all things booging. With Hurricane season coming to a close and plenty of bodyboard camps running back to back Jerry explains the Puerto Rican way of life, how Orcas now rule in his place of origin and how wild it is to win 2 x world titles. #hesafuckingchampion

With wave pools shaping the next generation of bodyboarders period, it’s only fitting Aaron, the CEO & founder of Surf Lakes, sat down with Luke on the lounge to talk about the future. Covering robust wave pool design features, prototypes turning into actual pools and how Aaron’s recently joined the Gold Coast Bodyboard club this poddy has all your wave pool needs covered.

Pardon the interruption... The gravy train keeps rolling on through the Riptide station with Mitch Rawlins stopping by for a well overdue yarn on Luke’s Lounge. With new tour wave locations spoken about, we visit Mitch’s Gold Coast humble upbringings and how one of the GOATS of the sport featured on two print magazine front covers at the same time. Throw heaving WA slabs and a few board material d...

With head noise affecting everyone in some way shape or form during their days on this planet, it’s important to know how to employ the correct techniques and management strategies to mitigate the down days. In steps Nicholas De Graaf, a Western Australian booga, chippy, skateboarder and a mental health life coach who has over come his own steep challenges to be here today. Luke picks Nic’s brain...

The double champ does what he wants! With a competitive blaze burning deep within his soul and another world title hung proudly on the mantelpiece, Tristan Robert’s is clearly the best bodyboarder in the world currently. Gracing Luke’s Lounge with his world class status, Tristan opens up about his checkered pathway to this years world title, the incredible Pride team trips that have resulted in a...

With over four decades of multi discipline experience covering pretty much every ocean sport you can imagine, Terry McKenna has seen and done it all. Luke sits down with one of the sports greatest commentators and event managers in a conversation that unearths some of the burried misconceptions in relation to bodyboarding’s checkered top level past. Covering everything from managing the IBA/APB or...

We catch up with The Fever, The humming bird, the white Beyonce, Golden balls Sitting down with one of the greatest humans to ever grace the boogie, Luke chats to Dave about his time in the rashie, how boogin allowed him and his family to live abroad for a year and how hemp makes up a percentage of his house. Winny being the laid back charismatic character he is this podcast makes for easy honest...

Growing up in a boog breeding ground in one of Australia’s East Coast wedge havens, Nelson’s Bay, Luke yarns with Mitch Woodland in relation to his past and present bodyboarding experiences. Branching out to topics such as dangerous after parties in Chile, to living in Margaret River to finding old Dow boards in his dads garage, Mitch speaks his mind and portrays his deep understanding of what mak...

Luke calls up Ben n Marli to check in on their Irish boog crusade, how the passing of the late Queen Elizabeth was received in Ireland and to put the feelers out in regards to their next move travelling around Europe. Throw their big blue van in the mix, plus a few wild nights on the Guinness and we have ourselves a conversation ladies and gentlemen.

How many boogs do you know have ridden and heavily influenced the sport of bodyboarding for over three decades? Not many, if any (shout out to our boy scribe). Luke spins a yarn with Australian ex-pat Vicki Reale about her earlier years in Port Mac, chasing the booming bodyboarding tour in the 90s and how expensive it is to hire out Kelly Slater's wave pool.

Luke sits down with one of the most passionate and focused bodyboarders to ever grace the foam, Antonio Cardoso. Hailing from the unique town of Nazare, Portugal, Antonio divulges his current passion for big wave surfing, his fondest bodyboarding comp wins and how he feels the boogie should be used in rampy water filled triangles.

Sporting a recently screwed together hip that had his bodyboarding career hanging in the balance, Lewy Finnegan speaks to Luke about his journey back to bodyboardings highest level. Covering the up-and-coming comp at Fronton, how many shark encounters he’s experienced and the European premiere of Riptides feature film, Desert Storm, this conversation is not to be missed.

With more feathers in his cap than an Indian Chief roaming the grasslands of old-time North America, Chase O’Leary gives Luke a run down on how he’s come to be in his current position. With side-swiping stories of taking the bus up icy snowy mountain roads, solo sessions during Covid in the expansive Southern Ocean to winning the team challenge for his hometown of Port Mac, Chase leaves no stone u...

Luke calls up one of the most decorated female bodyboarding champions to ever grace the foam, Joana Schenker, to really find out what makes her get out of bed each morning. With a recent second place in the Sintra Pro, from ocean conservation pledges with the UN to growing up in a rural town with only ten people in it, this podcast covers a lot of ground in relation to a very successful member of...

This one's a slow burn! With Nick still recovering from a life-altering wipeout down in the south of Australia almost five years on, Luke lets the conversation and wild storytelling roll on. With risky boat trips out to The Great Barrier Reef in search of waves to being held at knifepoint deep in the ghettos of South America, Nicks lived a successful yet turbulent life thus far.

With a positive outlook that couldn’t be soured by the grinch himself, Sophie sends out endless good vibes during her discussion with Luke. Detailing her bodyboarding journey, how she has pushed herself in bigger waves lately and how her flexible boss allows for boog breaks during the working day a whole range of topics are covered in this easy listen.

From the dizzying heights of bodyboarding stardom, all the way to the harrowing lows of obsessive compulsive disorder, Brendon Newton has been through it all. Luke travels to Brendo’s home in beautiful Wollongong to chat face to face, covering topics from his Riptide cover in the Canary Islands, sleepless tormented nights in Portugal and how he fears public judgement over life threatening waves.

With a new album, Anomaly, having dropped late this year and various shows booked across a range of continents, music producer Chris Emerson (Whatsonot), sits down with Luke from his LA base to chat booging. From his sessions at the infamous Kelly Slater wave pool, to face numbing injuries at Shipsterns Bluff and how his bodyboarding journey all started on the Northern Beaches of NSW, this episode...

Australia’s established number one grom, Liam Lucas, lends Luke a bit of his time to chat about his up and coming career as a professional bodyboarder. Divulging his experiences and debacles on the South American leg of the IBC world tour, how his pro model is trending and where to snag thirty beers for thirty bucks.

Luke has the pleasure of speaking with Europes most underrated bodyboarder, blatant sultan of style, Antonio Saivaira. They chat about Antonio’s trips to Aus, his winch tow out success and how Nazare holds a very special place in his heart.

Andrew Hoff & Adam Kesbah Sitting down with the brain child behind the up and coming boog flick, “Coned”, and one of the main riders in the film, Luke gets the inside scoop from both Andrew Hoff and Adam Kasbah on how it’s all been trending leading up to the premier in early November. Drawing out insights from boog trips to the most remote parts of Australia, how Kasbah does his breakfast’s ch...

How would you go jetting half way across the world during the most severe pandemic the world has ever endured? Well, Luke sits down with Matt McCann to chew the fat in regards to his wild travels across Europe, his minimalistic approach to camping and how to win big on nighttime televised game show’s. As the saying goes, "you cant keep a good dog down"

Sitting down with the lead singer of the biggest hardcore band in the world currently, Luke talks all things bodyboarding with Winston as he prepares to release a brand new album under the famous banner of Park Way Drive. From tubular time portals, getting his mum up on stage in front of thousands of people to unbridled grom froth that can never be extinguished, Winston opens up on his true feelin...

Luke chats with one of the main cogs that makes up the well oil machine that is European Bodyboarding, Sebastian Boulard. Through producing boog movies with Pierre Louis Costes, to managing continental board shipments and working closely with the IBC to make the 2022 tour a reality this podcast is a fascinating insight into one of the unsung heroes of the boog industry.